New Year's Concert - 2013: Welser-Most / Vienna Philharmonic (2CD) - Import 2 CD

Credits:

Frescobaldi, G.

Description:

The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert of Waltzes and Polkas Every year on January 1, the Vienna Philharmonic performs its New Year's Concert. The New Year's Concert is one of the most famous classical music events in the world, and is broadcast from Vienna's golden Musikvereinsaal to more than 70 countries around the world via TV and radio, reaching 400 million viewers. The 2013 concert will feature Franz Welser-Möst (b. 1960), a brilliant Austrian composer, who will perform the Strauss family's waltzes and polkas.Since his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1988, he has been one of the most important conductors of the orchestra, holding the posts of General Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2002 and of the Vienna State Opera since 2010, In 2011, he appeared at the New Year's Concert, becoming the first Austrian conductor to appear at this concert since Karajan. In addition to the standard works such as "The Blue Danube" and "Racoczi March," the program includes a work that will be performed for the first time in the history of the New Year's Concert. Sony Music

Tracklisting:

1.Die Soubrette, polka schnell, Op. 109
2.Kuss-Walzer (Kiss Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 400 (RV 400)
3.Theater-Quadrille, Op. 213
4.Aus den Bergen (From the Mountains), waltz for orchestra, Op. 292
5.L13
6.Spharen-Klange (Music of the Spheres), walzer, Op. 235
7.Die Spinnerin, polka francaise, for orchestra, Op. 192
8.Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75
9.Unter vier Augen (Between the Two of Us), polka for salon orchestra
10.Hesperus-Bahnen, walzer, Op. 279
11.Gallopin, polka schnell, Op. 237
12.Steyrische Tanze (Styrian Dances), for 2 violins, viola & double bass, Op. 165
13.Melodien-Quadrille (Melodies Quadrille), for orchestra (on themes by Verdi), Op. 112
14.Don Carlo, opera
15.Wo die Zitronen Bluh'n! (Where the Lemons Bloom), waltz for orchestra, Op. 364 (RV 364)
16.Erinnerung an Ernst oder Der Carneval in Venedig, fantasia for orchestra, Op. 126
17.Plappermaulchen Polka, for orchestra, Op. 245
18.New Year's Address
19.An der schonen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li
20.Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228

New Year'S Concert Collection List